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Worried your deployment pipeline is slowing you down?

Engineering teams lose weeks every quarter to slow releases, fragile pipelines, and infrastructure that can't scale.

I find the bottlenecks — and fix them. Get a free 30-min infrastructure review. Leave with 3 concrete improvements, no commitment.

STATUS

Available for projects

CORE_STACK

Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, DevSecOps

LOCATION

Munich // Remote — Global Node

resource "azurerm_kubernetes_cluster" "prod" {
    name                = "dvlad-architect-cluster"
    location            = "West Europe"
    dns_prefix          = "dvlad-prod"
    default_node_pool {
        name       = "default"
        node_count = 3
        vm_size    = "Standard_D2_v2"
    }
    identity {
        type = "SystemAssigned"
    }
}

Who I Help

I typically work with engineering leaders who need a reliable, strategic partner — not just an implementer.

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CTOs & Engineering Managers

Strategic infrastructure partner for your most critical initiatives

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Scale-Up Companies

Engineering teams of 50–500 who need enterprise-grade infrastructure

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Azure-Focused Teams

Companies on Azure (or migrating to Azure) who need deep expertise

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High-Velocity Product Teams

Where deployment speed = competitive advantage

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Audit-Preparation Teams

Preparing for SOC2, ISO 27001, or GDPR audits

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DevOps Transformation

Companies modernizing from legacy CI/CD to cloud-native workflows

What I Do

From bottleneck to deployment — I help engineering teams ship faster without sacrificing security or stability.

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CI/CD Pipeline Optimization

Cut deployment time from hours to minutes. Automated testing, parallel jobs, zero-downtime releases — built on your existing stack.

Jenkins · GitHub Actions · Azure DevOps

💡 Typical result: 60–80% faster deployments within 60 days

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Cloud Infrastructure Migration

Move to cloud-native without the chaos. Azure, AWS, GCP — designed for scale, built for cost efficiency. Your team keeps shipping while I handle the architecture.

Terraform · Bicep · ARM Templates

💡 Typical result: 30–40% infrastructure cost reduction in 90 days

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Security & Compliance

Pass your next audit without slowing down delivery. Vault, zero-trust networks, policy-as-code. Built into the pipeline — not as a gate, but as a habit.

HashiCorp Vault · Azure Policy · Sentinel

💡 Typical result: Audit-ready in 30 days, zero incidents QoQ

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Infrastructure Audit

30-minute free review. 3 concrete improvements. I'll look at your deployment pipeline, identify the bottlenecks, and give you a roadmap — whether you hire me or not.

Review · Recommendations · Roadmap

💡 Leave with a clear action plan — no commitment

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Worried your deployment pipeline is slowing you down?

I review infrastructure for free — no strings attached. You'll leave with 3 actionable improvements.

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Work Experience

DevSecOps Engineer

Roland Berger

2024 — PRESENT

▸ Architected and delivered a zero-standing-privilege, self-service VM provisioning platform (Trusted Compute Instances) across a 300+ subscription Azure tenant — just-in-time PIM role assignment, an ABAC-fenced two-identity security model, and capability-based entitlement checks, cutting organization-wide provisioning from 90 minutes to 5 minutes and removing standing admin access for all teams
▸ Embedded DevSecOps controls across CI/CD pipelines — SAST, DAST, dependency and container-image scanning, secret detection, and CVE management (SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Trivy, TruffleHog, Defender for Cloud) — shifting security left and gating releases on policy
▸ Architected Google Cloud landing zones with the FAST framework (Cloud Foundation Fabric) — YAML-driven, schema-validated project provisioning with dedicated spoke VPCs, PAM just-in-time access, and Org Policy guardrails
▸ Engineered GitOps-style CI/CD for GCP infrastructure with Azure Pipelines and Terraform — Workload Identity Federation for keyless authentication and a read-only/read-write service-account split gating plan-on-PR and apply-on-merge
▸ Built security-hardened, CIS-aligned golden OS images (Windows Server 2025, Trusted Launch) with Azure Image Builder and Packer, distributed via Azure Compute Gallery to Azure Virtual Desktop, self-hosted DevOps agents, and Trusted Compute Instances
▸ Engineered deployment observability with Azure Monitor Logs Ingestion (custom Log Analytics tables, data collection rules) for durable, queryable audit trails across ephemeral infrastructure
▸ Drove cloud migration of over 20 legacy on-premises applications to Azure-native services (ACI, App Services, AKS), retiring multiple on-prem servers and reducing hosting cost by 70%

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Support Escalation Engineer, Azure IaaS VMs

Microsoft

2022 — 2024

▸ Provided expert guidance to Fortune 500 customers across Storage, Connectivity, Management, and Configuration domains
▸ Led troubleshooting of high-severity production cases — no-boot scenarios, kernel panics, network issues, and misconfigurations — ensuring SLA compliance
▸ Earned multiple Customer Hero recognitions with consistently high CSAT scores
▸ Served as Escalation Point for Linux issues, empowering colleagues through 1:1 coaching and mentorship sessions

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Where I've Worked

Enterprise experience across consulting, tech, and telecom.

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DevSecOps Engineer

Microsoft

Support Escalation Engineer

Orange

Operational Specialist

Technical Stack

Built on enterprise-grade tools, with security gated into the pipeline rather than bolted on after.

Supporting customers to overcome deployment issues and significantly remove technical debt.

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Multi-Cloud Strategy

Azure (Expert), AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean

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Security & Identity

Zero Trust, Entra ID, PIM, Sentinel, Defender, MITRE ATT&CK

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Orchestration & Tooling

Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, AKS, EKS, ACR, ECR, Nexus

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Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, Ansible

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CI/CD & Automation

Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Python

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Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, New Relic

# technical_capabilities.yaml

cloud_platforms:

[microsoft_azure (expert), aws, google_cloud, digitalocean]

azure_services:

[avd, azure_image_builder, dev_box, acr, web_apps, aci, iot_hub, iot_central]

aws_services:

[ec2, eks, ecr, iam, vpc, s3]

containers:

[kubernetes, aks, eks, helm, docker]

infrastructure_as_code:

[terraform, bicep, arm_templates, ansible]

cicd_and_artifacts:

[azure_devops, jenkins, gitlab, github_actions, git, nexus, docker_hub]

security_and_identity:

[sentinel, defender_for_cloud, entra_id, conditional_access, pim, intune, zero_trust, mitre_att&ck]

automation_and_scripting:

[python, javascript, bash, powershell, rpa_uipath]

monitoring:

[prometheus, grafana, new_relic, azure_monitor]

build_tools:

[gradle, maven, pip, npm, yarn]

operating_systems:

[linux (ubuntu / rhel / suse), windows_server]

Project Repository

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Automated Enterprise Image Lifecycle

Pipeline-built, security-hardened golden OS images delivered on a schedule to Dev Box and self-hosted DevOps agents with Azure Image Builder.

↓ 70% faster image provisioning across 5 regions

PACKERAZURE

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Trusted Compute Instances

Self-service VM provisioning with zero standing privilege across a 300+ subscription tenant: just-in-time PIM elevation, an ABAC-fenced two-identity model, and capability-based entitlement checks.

↓ Provisioning: 90 minutes → 5 minutes. Zero standing admin access.

ZERO_TRUSTPIM

architecture Repo: 067

GCP FAST Landing Zones

YAML-driven, schema-validated project provisioning on Cloud Foundation Fabric with dedicated spoke VPCs, PAM just-in-time access, and Org Policy guardrails.

GCPTERRAFORM

lan Repo: 019

Microservices on Kubernetes, Production Hardened

Deployed a microservices stack from a private registry with Helm charts and Helmfile, applying production and security best practices.

↓ 60% faster release cycles. Zero-downtime deployments.

K8SHELM

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Terraform-Provisioned CI/CD to EKS

Complete Jenkins pipeline provisioning AWS EKS clusters with a shared remote state and deploying from a private ECR/DockerHub registry.

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Python Automation Toolkit

Boto3 and Terraform automations for EC2 health checks, EBS volume backup and restore, and website monitoring with self-recovery.

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What Colleagues Say

Early-stage consulting — endorsed by the engineers who worked alongside me.

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"Daniel owns a deep technical expertise in DevOps and Infrastructure, paired with a refreshingly no-nonsense approach. He doesn't overthink it — he rolls up his sleeves, solves it, and moves on. A pleasure to work with."

Lavrovskyi Illia

IT / Digital Manager, Roland Berger

→ 40% faster feature releases. Zero rollback incidents in 6 months.

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"Daniel is a highly customer-oriented professional who played a key role in the team's success, serving as a trusted escalation point and mentor while driving measurable impact across the organization."

Elena Stefan

Azure CXP Engineer, Microsoft

→ Faster resolutions. Fewer escalations. Stronger team performance.

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"Daniel is an asset to any team! He mentored our team through complex IaC implementations and set standards we still follow today."

Cristina Stan

Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Orange Romania

→ IaC standards still in use 2 years later. Team doubled in size without infrastructure friction.